A Biokinetic Model to Describe Consequences of Inhibition/Stimulation in <Emphasis Type="Italic">DNA</Emphasis>-Proofreading and -Repair,Part 4

Summary. In previous papers a strongly simplified physical-mathematical (biokinetic) model has been presented, which dealt with the factors influencing the timely development of DNA mismatches dependent cells (malignant cells) in their kinetic competition to the development of normal somatic cells (i.e. cells with correct genetic information). The kinetic results have been studied by comparing them with experimental results reported in the literature upon inhibiting the organisms own enzymatic DNA-proofreading and repair machinery. In spite of the fact that the model uses fully the chances of kinetics, which allows to describe even rather complicated systems with many regulation circuits and feed back loops in a rather simple, summarizing way, it has been demonstrated that the model does not only well describe the experimentally found significant increases of mutants in cases when the DNA repair system has been inhibited, but it can also reflect cancer-development and the efficacy of classical cancer therapies like surgery or chemotherapy as well.In applying the predictions of the model as to the opposite of an inhibition of the DNA repair system, i.e., in testing the results, if the organisms own repair systems were stimulated, the model shows that there could be a chance for a new, adjuvant cancer-therapy if this concept was combined with biochemical facts and clinical findings which are reported in the literature.In continuation of this concept, the predictions of the model have been compared with findings upon cancer-therapies by apoptosis-triggerers like tamoxifen. Further, according to the fact that there exists literature by which it is demonstrated by clinical facts that it is not necessary to use living cells (e.g. from umbilical cords blood or bone-marrow) to achieve surprising therapeutic successes in cancer therapy, but also cell-free human-placenta-extracts (HPEs) can be similarily effective, it has been tried in a first preliminary analytical effort to characterize effector-substances contained therein.Received January 27, 2003; accepted (revised) March 25, 2003 Published online August 18, 2003     

A rat brain protein expression map including cytosolic and enriched mitochondrial and microsomal fractions

Proteomics is a powerful tool to screen brain protein expression but the methodology is hampered by low abundance of proteins or compartmentalization or overload of high-abundance proteins. It was therefore the aim of the study to determine the expression of brain proteins by using enriched cellular subfractions and pre-electrophoretic chromatographical separation of brain homogenates. We used two-dimensional electrophoresis with subsequent matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) detection and characterization of brain proteins. Subfractionation into cytosolic, mitochondrial and microsomal compartments was performed by ultracentrifugation. Pre-electrophoretic fractionation of the cytosolic fractions was carried out by ion exchange column chromatography. We detected and identified a large series of 437 proteins in rat brain and have shown proteins specific for the individual subcellular compartments. These proteins included housekeeping, signaling, cytoskeletal, intermediary metabolism, antioxidant proteins on the one and neuron and synaptosomal specific proteins on the other hand. Using fractionations of brain homogenates we were able to improve the power of the method on forming the basis for brain protein expressional studies and providing a reference map as a powerful tool for the neuroscientist.     

Assessment of element-specific homogeneity in reference materials using microanalytical techniques

The IAEA established in 1994 a co-ordinated research programme (CRP) on "Reference Materials for Microanalytical Nuclear Techniques" as part of its efforts to promote and strengthen the use of nuclear analytical technologies in member states with the specific aim of improving the quality of analysis of nuclear, environmental, and biological materials. The objectives of this initiative were: to identify suitable biological reference materials which could serve the needs for quality control in microanalytical techniques; to evaluate existing CRMs for use in microanalytical investigations; to evaluate appropriate sample pretreatment procedures for materials being used for analysis with microanalytical techniques; to identify analytical techniques which can be used for characterisation of homogeneity determination, and to apply such techniques to the characterization of candidate reference materials for use with microanalytical techniques. The CRP lasted for 4 years and seven laboratories and the Agency's Laboratories in Seibersdorf participated. A number of materials including the candidate reference materials IAEA 338 (lichen) and IAEA 413 (single cell algae, elevated level) were evaluated for the distribution of elements such as Cl, K, Ca, Cr, Mn, Fe, Zn, As, Br, Rb, Cd, Hg, and Pb. The results obtained during this CRP suggest that: each element exhibits its characteristic distribution in a matrix described by the "Ingamels' sampling constant" or the "relative homogeneity factor" of Kurfuerst; both concepts are valid over a large range of sample mass used for analysis (from 0.1 g to around 100 mg); and materials being characterised quantitatively for element homogeneity could be used for the experimental determination of total uncertainty of other analytical techniques. As far as we are aware this is the first time the concept of quantitative characterisation of homogeneity has been applied to potential reference materials and the first demonstration of the feasibility and usefulness of the concept with particular emphasis on enhancing quality control opportunities for microanalytical techniques.     

Lagrange系统一类新型的非Noether绝热不变量——Lutzky型绝热不变量

研究了Lagrange系统的Lie对称性摄动与新型的非Noether绝热不变量. 列出了未受扰Lagrange系统的Lie对称性导致的Lutzky型精确不变量；基于力学系统的高阶绝热不变量的定义，研究在小扰动作用下Lagrange系统Lie对称性的摄动，得到了系统的一类Lutzky形式的绝热不变量.举例说明方法和结果的应用.     

含相变微粒流体热对流启动的Galerkin解

采用Bubnov-Galerkin方法对有恒壁温条件下,两平板间夹有含相变颗粒流体的自然对流热启动瑞利数进行了近似解析求解,求出了临界瑞利数Racr和波频数kcr随相变物质浓度,以及在相变温度范围内随加热表面温度的解析关系表达式.从而,为实现该类功能性潜热流体的自然对流传热强化,及其优化控制蓄热过程有理论指导意义.